# Is "The House at Pooh Corner" by A. A. Milne (illustrated by E. H. Shepard) a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne (illustrated by E. H. Shepard) (Methuen & Co., 1928) is identified by: UK Methuen first edition, published October 1928, in salmon-pink cloth with gilt ruling and stamping (Christopher Robin and Pooh to the front board), gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, the rest uncut; illustrated pink endpapers (panorama with characters in silhouette). The UK Methuen edition is the true first, preceding the US E.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- UK Methuen first edition, published October 1928, in salmon-pink cloth with gilt ruling and stamping (Christopher Robin and Pooh to the front board), gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, the rest uncut; illustrated pink endpapers (panorama with characters in silhouette)
- Introduces Tigger
- Copyright leaf reads 'First Published in 1928' with no later-impression statement (Haring-Smith C108)
- First-state dust jacket bears the original published price printed on the spine; the jacket flap also carries the publisher's advertisements for the earlier Milne titles, and in the first-state jacket the advertised figure for When We Were Very Young reads '179th thousand,' updated to '189th thousand' in the later-state jacket (this figure is cited by cataloguers variously on the front or rear flap)
- A signed large-paper deluxe limited of 350 copies (cream paper boards, blue buckram spine, printed paper label) was also issued
- Publisher imprint reads Methuen & Co.
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | A. A. Milne (illustrated by E. H. Shepard) |
| Publisher | Methuen & Co. |
| Year | 1928 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | UK Methuen first edition, published October 1928, in salmon-pink cloth with gilt ruling and stamping (Christopher Robin and Pooh to the… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
UK Methuen first edition, published October 1928, in salmon-pink cloth with gilt ruling and stamping (Christopher Robin and Pooh to the front board), gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, the rest uncut; illustrated pink endpapers (panorama with characters in silhouette). Introduces Tigger. Copyright leaf reads 'First Published in 1928' with no later-impression statement (Haring-Smith C108). First-state dust jacket bears the original published price printed on the spine; the jacket flap also carries the publisher's advertisements for the earlier Milne titles, and in the first-state jacket the advertised figure for When We Were Very Young reads '179th thousand,' updated to '189th thousand' in the later-state jacket (this figure is cited by cataloguers variously on the front or rear flap). A signed large-paper deluxe limited of 350 copies (cream paper boards, blue buckram spine, printed paper label) was also issued.

## Is this the true first?
The UK Methuen edition is the true first, preceding the US E. P. Dutton 1928 edition. Both are collected; Methuen precedes.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings carry an impression notation on the verso; on the jacket, the '189th thousand' advertised figure (rather than '179th thousand') likewise indicates a later-state jacket. The US Dutton edition and book-club copies differ in cloth and imprint. A printed ISBN indicates a modern reprint.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The House at Pooh Corner* by A. A. Milne (illustrated by E. H. Shepard) a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-house-at-pooh-corner
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.